Urban Stanič
Urban Stanič has performed multiple times as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, and others. He has collaborated as a soloist with conductors such as G. Pehlivanian, Q. Hindley, N. Venditti, S. Dvoršak, C. Larsen-Maguire, S. Kulenović, Ž. Ploj Peršuh, K. Poska, D. Mori and U. Lajovic. He has performed solo recitals at festivals, including Imago Sloveniae, Mala terasa and the International Holland Music Sessions. Stanič is currently studying in the class of S. Vladar at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He graduated with a master’s degree summa cum laude in the class of the renowned D. Tomšič Srebotnjak at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana.
Programme
Round 1
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”)
F. Liszt: Harmonies du soir from Études d’exécution transcendante, S. 139/ 11
A. Srebotnjak: Macedonian Dances
F. Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, for piano, S. 434 (after Verdi)
Round 2
A. Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1
R. Schumann: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15
F. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Round 3
S. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Awards received
- 1st prize, TEMSIG – Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians and Ballet Dancers, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019
- 1st prize, TEMSIG – Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians and Ballet Dancers, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2016
- 1st place, Slovenia in the Eurovision Young Musicians, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
- 2nd place, Eurovision Young Musicians Competition, Cologne, Germany, 2014
- 1st prize, TEMSIG – Competition of Young Slovenian Musicians and Ballet Dancers, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013
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